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Recognised as Colour

#15948C

  • #15948C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#15948C is a cyan with RGB values 21, 148, 140 and HSL 176°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#15948C#15948C
HEX#15948C
RGBrgb(21, 148, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.5804, 0.549
RGB percentages8.2%, 58%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(176.2, 75.1%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 85.8%, 58%)
CMYK85.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,414,284
CSS custom property--colour: #15948C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#EA6B73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7F8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009891no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.8Teal · ΔE 9.1Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94151D
Analogous#15944D, #155D94
Triadic#8C1594, #948C15
Split complementary#94155D, #944D15
Tetradic#4C1594, #94151D, #5D9415

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#87EEE7
Lighter +30%#5AE8DF
Lighter +20%#2EE1D6
Lighter +10%#1BC1B6
Darker −10%#0F6762
Darker −20%#083B38
Darker −30%#020E0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A99E
Less saturated −25%#2A7F7A

Channel breakdown

R21
G148
B140
Red21 (8.2%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue176.22°
Saturation (HSL)75.15%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 94 · B 8C

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